Full Name

Background

Note; Parole Board records list his real name as Dean Phillips and he in fact has no middle name. His name is reported in the media as Rangitahi Dean Wilson Phillips and in 1983 Herald reports as Wilson Dean Phillips. The psychological opinion is that Phillips remains at "high risk" of serious violent reoffending and at "moderate risk" of committing further sex offences. We are advised there have been approximately 19 misconducts while in prison including using drugs. He was in minimum security and in Self Care. Phillips first came up for parole after 10 years

Alias

Named in some reports as Rangitahi Dean Wilson Phillips or Wilson Dean Phillips

Date of Birth

Born 1961

Offences

Murdered Karen Stanley-Hunt by bashing her to death with a crowbar in April 1998, and then dumped her body in the Waitakeres (Auckland ). A lengthy list of other convictions, including a particularly vicious rape in 1983, a shotgun robbery of a 17 year old girl at Orakei in May 1989, miscellaneous assaults, weapon and dishonesty offences

Current Location

Prison

Three Strikes Status

0

Victims

**Suppressed**

Offender Affiliations

Geert Tenboom

Gang Affiliations

Mongrel Mob

Parole

Sentenced to life imprisonment in March 1999 Parole refused January 2013 Has next hearing January 2014